Framingham man sobs, pleads for release after assault arrest

Friday

Apr 14, 2017 at 7:28 PMApr 14, 2017 at 7:28 PM

Norman Miller Daily News Staff @Norman_MillerMW

FRAMINGHAM – A Framingham woman frantically called 911 as she hid behind bushes from her boyfriend on Friday after he attacked her because she did not want to have sex, a prosecutor said in Framingham District Court.

Montique D. Hammond, 32, sobbed after Judge Ernest Sarason ordered him held without bail until at least Wednesday for a hearing to determine if he is a danger to the public.

“I’m going to be held without bail? Please, your honor, I’m going to lose my house,” Hammond said as he wept. “I’m going to lose my job. I’m going to lose everything. All for an argument? Please.”

But, prosecutor Wendi Safran said during Hammond’s arraignment the incident that led to the 9 a.m. arrest at his 970 Old Connecticut Path apartment was much more than an argument.

Hammond, the prosecutor said, arrived home from work around 8:30 a.m. and wanted to have sex. He became enraged when his girlfriend said no. Hammond threw her on the bed and began choking her to the point she thought she was going to pass out.

The woman ran to another house, hiding behind bushes as she frantically called 911.

The woman had scratches on her chest and arm, and was terrified Hammond would find her, police wrote in a report filed in court.

Police arrested Hammond and charged him with domestic strangulation and domestic assault and battery.

Safran asked Sarason to hold Hammond for a dangerousness hearing. She said Hammond has a history of domestic violence and was convicted of domestic assault and battery and a restraining order violation in 2015. He also had a continued without a finding on another domestic assault charge in 2011, and the victim of both of those assaults had taken out three restraining orders against him, Safran said.

Hammond’s lawyer, Cornelius Daily, said his client denies the assault allegations and should be released without bail.

After Sarason ordered Hammond held, Hammond had to be led from the courtroom by court officers because he would not stop pleading with the judge for his release. He is due back in court on Wednesday for a pretrial conference.

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